Atinka FM’s morning show, “AM Drive,” was held live from the Neoplan station at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra on Thursday.
In Accra, Neoplan Station serves as a one-stop shop for passengers, with transportation services to all parts of Ghana.
Neoplan Station is made up of drivers, and Atinka FM’s AM Drive team invited a medical practitioner, Dr. Daniel Adarkwa, to speak to drivers.
A report from the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) called Motor Accident Returns shows that 1,985 people died in car accidents between January and October 2022.
The report said 1,564 of the casualties were males whilst 421 were females.
13,109 people sustained various degrees of injuries, involving 2,210 pedestrian knockdowns.
The report said it recorded 12,565 crashes from January to October 2022, involving 21,593 vehicles.
It said 7,307 commercial vehicles were involved in road crashes within the said period, with 9,735 of them being private vehicles and 4,551 motorcycles.
Comparing January to October 2022 to the same period in 2021, there has been a 6.61 percent decrease in the number of cases reported and a 5.92 percent decrease in the number of vehicles involved in crashes.
There was a 10.31 per cent decrease in the number of pedestrian knockdowns this year, compared to the same period in 2021.
The number of persons killed from January to October 2022 reduced by 18.18 per cent as opposed to January to October, 2021.
Speaking on how stress can affect the human body, Dr. Daniel Adarkwa said a stressed driver can easily lose control of the steering wheel and veer off the road.
He advised drivers to seek the necessary help when stressed.
Dr. Daniel Adarkwa urged the drivers to desist from self-medicating, especially when they are behind the wheel.
This, he said, will help reduce the number of road accidents on our roads.
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